Swift 16 vs trex 450

[Greybird]

I like Century products also. This forum is Very highly swayed towards Align products. I have a 450, but, would probable not buy another Align heli. They are overweight pigs. They need high rotor speeds to even get any performance out of them. They 3D like crazy, but, fly for only 3-5 minutes. Just my honest opinion.

[eeeeky]

....I love you....agreed....!!!!!

[GyroAl]

Philie

Sorry for misunderstanding. I could not agree with you more re: jumping ship.

Yes Greybird and Philie, I now spend a lot more of my "forum" time on other forums that are not as biased towards other brands of nitro or gas powered helis or as Align biased re: electrics.

I have never believed that my self esteem hinged on being part of the "in" crowd, or made purchasing decisions based on the "celebrity" use of the product. Maybe that is why I was able to discover Century helis and how they represent such great value.

[JustPlaneChris]

I'm a Century fan too! In fact, I'm probably buying a Raven 50 this summer to go along with my Swift.

My "450" is a Dragonus, which has a head design basically like a tiny Swift. And guess what? It has the same lovely feel on the sticks as the Swift.

[Gsquared08]

Screech!!!!!!! I am so glad I found this thread. Somebody over in the T-Rex room told me about the Swift 16 since my goal is to get into AP. He told me to just spend the extra money now instead of getting a T-Rex 450 now and something that can handle the video gear later on. I must admit, this site (and I love it and the poeple in it) is very pro Align and had no idea Swift even existed. Now I'm not blaming that on other members, it's more my fault by not looking into other forums but I got to tell ya, I am soooo happy I found the Swift.

How common are parts and upgrades for the Swift 16? My local Hobbytown is all about E-Flight so no hope in picking up a part for a Swift or an Align. So I'd hope there is a lot of places online that I can order parts from.

I plan on only using the heli for casual/sport flight and AP once I get comfortable flying it. I have been on RealFlight for over a year now and am ready to buy the real deal. Most would suggest to buy a Blade 400 or T-Rex 450 as my first "real" bird but I don't want to get good on one that size and then be so limited on what one of those can lift for AP that'll force me to buy a bigger one like the Swift 16. I'm not going to be doing any 3D as I am not into that sort of thing.

Lastly, some of you mentioned another site (RGC) that has more Swift talk but I don't know the acronym so can you tell me what the site is?

Thanks,
G2

[JustPlaneChris]

G2, I started a thread that remains fairly active named "Tales of the Swift" here:
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=689495

I'm really enjoying my Swift. It's a great bird, with parts almost as cheap as a T-Rex 450! I get my parts from Heliproz South (www.ronlund.com) or Heli-World.com.

[Gsquared08]

Thank you veeeery much!!!